Can an Agentic Black Woman Get Ahead? The Impact of Race and Interpersonal Dominance on Perceptions of Female Leaders

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-358

  Livingston, Robert W ^a   Rosette, Ashleigh Shelby ^b   Washington, Ella F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

prejudice; racial and ethnic attitudes and relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859866355     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611428079     Document Type: Article

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